Hundreds of books get destroyed and shredded for recycling on a daily basis. When a locally owned bookstore goes out of business, what do you suppose happens to the inventory of books that don't get sold?

Yes, some might get donated to worth causes, but a large number of them go to facilities where they are sorted and shredded so that the paper can be recycled.

Perhaps some of those books that were destined to be destroyed made there way into this sculpture instead.

I do wonder, as others have, however, what happens when the books get wet.